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9:45 AM ET, December 28, 2013

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John Borland / Wired:
Glenn Greenwald: ‘A Lot’ More NSA Documents to Come  —  Nearly seven months after journalist and privacy activist Glenn Greenwald publicized Edward Snowden's first revelations of the vast scope of the NSA's digital surveillance, his life has changed absolutely.  —  Living in Brazil, he is advised not to travel.
Discussion: Laura Halminen and @saramorrison
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Greenwald: US and British media are servants of security apparatus  —  Journalist Glenn Greenwald condemned the mainstream media during an address at a German computer conference on Friday and accused his colleagues of failing to challenge erroneous remarks routinely made by government officials around the globe.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Register
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Vice teases Vice News channel with trailer for 2014 launch  —  WATCH: VICE Joining 24-Hour News Game in 2014  —  VICE Media captured national attention in a big way this year when it orchestrated Dennis Rodman's fateful trip to North Korea for its HBO documentary series.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune closes $2.7B Local TV acquisition … Tribune Co. has closed on its $2.73 billion acquisition of Local TV, making it one of the country's largest television station owners, the company announced Friday.  —  The deal, which was approved by the Federal Communications Commission last week …
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Tribune Closes Acquisition of Local TV Holdings
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Powerhouses Behind ‘Big Brother,’ ‘American Idol’ Ramp Up Web Programs  —  Endemol, FremantleMedia Look to Migrate TV Advertisers Online  —  Two of the world's-largest TV production companies, Endemol and FremantleMedia, are plotting online programming assaults for 2014.
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
With Angel Funding From Top Media Veterans, The News Lens Wants To Reshape Journalism In Taiwan  —  Earlier this month, The News Lens, an independent media startup in Taiwan, announced that it had received angel funding from Marcus Brauchli, whose resume includes top editing positions …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
TV blackout wars in a quiet period  —  The TV industry has a holiday tradition straight out of “How The Grinch Stole Christmas:” End of year feuds that lead to channel blackouts for viewers.  —  But this year, everybody is playing nice.  (It's almost as if the hearts of television executives have collectively grown three sizes.)
Dan Gillmor / Guardian:
Call me an optimist, but the future of journalism isn't bleak  —  Even as today's major journalistic institutions struggle to adapt, media startups and investigative outlets carry the torch  —  As we head into 2014, the 20th anniversary of the first popular web browser, we are awash in media.
Discussion: @raju, @dangillmor and @jayrosen_nyu
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Bye bye, bile?  Websites try to nix nasty comments  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling.  Add a dash of ALL CAPS.  Top it off with a violent threat.  And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comments, scourge of the Internet.  —  Blame anonymity, blame politicians, blame human nature.
Discussion: bizjournals and Mediaite
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Sherlock Holmes and John Watson aren't protected by copyright, US court rules  —  Sherlock Holmes' status as a copyrighted character is easily as complicated as any of the cases he's had to solve.  Created over 125 years ago, Holmes would remain a fixture in author Arthur Conan Doyle's work until the late 1920s.
Discussion: ArtsBeat, Open Culture and Guardian
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Major Recording Labels Prepare to Sue Russia's Facebook  —  For several years, vKontakte, Russia's social networking giant, has been marked as a piracy enabler by rightsholders and even the U.S. Government.  —  In several Special 301 Reports published by the United States Trade Representative …
 
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The Stream:
New report exposes digital front of Syria's civil war
Discussion: @headhntr and @azmatzahra
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Upcoming DJX news offering and integration with WSJ newsroom make 2014 critical for Dow Jones
Discussion: Variety
Jeremy Barr / Poynter:
As fewer people read newspapers, more share their front pages
Aleksandar Vasovic / Reuters:
Bomb targets Montenegrin newspaper critical of government
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Game of Thrones tops 2013 BitTorrent downloads as piracy debate continues within TV networks
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You
Discussion: Mediashift and GalleyCat